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libya in 2008, there were 40,000 -- coming from libya just to italy. there was an enormous spike in people trafficking and with the drugs and security challenges that the european union had to deal with. from a security policy perspective, these are the big issues. what i'm now going to try to do in the time i have this kind of take a bit of a step back and give you, talk a little bit about the history of the society and explained why these issues are going to be very intractable to solve and why they have never been cell. there has been cross-border trade and trafficking of people weapons in goods and services for far longer than there has been a libyan state and the gadhafi government in some ways is at a loss from the maritime borders and has little to actually do that. and lots of cross-border trafficking. i will take a step back. the south is, you need to think about a few major ethnic groups in the south, tribal and ethnic groups. in the south piece of the country you can see the crew for a district and it's all the way through the border. there
libya in 2008, there were 40,000 -- coming from libya just to italy. there was an enormous spike in people trafficking and with the drugs and security challenges that the european union had to deal with. from a security policy perspective, these are the big issues. what i'm now going to try to do in the time i have this kind of take a bit of a step back and give you, talk a little bit about the history of the society and explained why these issues are going to be very intractable to solve and...
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it will not sustain that in the future but even though libya was the tryout and has not been a repeat performance and they could decide the wars in their favor we would seek progress by now that would have been ushered dan but that has not happened. as much as they are the important tool, rightly so it is not always a silver bullet. >> what we have today is only useful in the bill with no air defense where we already own the aerospace. they cannot operate in the denied environment with surface-to-air missiles to shoot them down. if we maintain this advantage 1/2 to increasingly shift technology and communication link has to be protected. >> that is an example of a big topic of defense for the next four or eight years to have these debates how far to go now much to invest and then questions of the law and what happens? you will not hear them talk about but arguably everyone applies to cyber how much can a president utilize? in terms of the executive branch. which agency is involved? that is what the commander in chief will deal with the we and not talking about because we have straight
it will not sustain that in the future but even though libya was the tryout and has not been a repeat performance and they could decide the wars in their favor we would seek progress by now that would have been ushered dan but that has not happened. as much as they are the important tool, rightly so it is not always a silver bullet. >> what we have today is only useful in the bill with no air defense where we already own the aerospace. they cannot operate in the denied environment with...
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Sep 22, 2012
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he's smiling because this is the real libya the libya that he knew and loved so well, the libya he wanted america to support and remain engaged with, the libya of which he ultimately gave his light. these brave people in libya are friends of america. they want our help and they need our help. and we must continue to provide it with them, which is exactly what chris stevens would have wanted. if the the senate were to cut off all u.s. assistance to libya now, as this amendment before us would do, it would abandon our friends to our terrorist enemies, destroy america's moral standing in the world and do egregious harm to our national interests. mr. kerry: kerry: i reserve the balance of our time. how much time do we have remaining? the presiding officer: four minutes. mr. kerry: i redisplerve the reserve the balance. thank you. the presiding officer: who yields time? mr. kerry: how much time is remaining altogether? the presiding officer: 2 minutes, 20 seconds on senator paul time. four minutes left for the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: does the senator plan to use his time? [inaud
he's smiling because this is the real libya the libya that he knew and loved so well, the libya he wanted america to support and remain engaged with, the libya of which he ultimately gave his light. these brave people in libya are friends of america. they want our help and they need our help. and we must continue to provide it with them, which is exactly what chris stevens would have wanted. if the the senate were to cut off all u.s. assistance to libya now, as this amendment before us would...
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Sep 21, 2012
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i appreciate all your hardware, especially with what's happening in libya and throughout the region. that being said, israel is our greatest ally and one of our strongest in the world. i'd encourage the president to meet with the prime minister to make sure they can communicate because i can tell you i visited israel. the amount of stress that country is under, there's nobody in the united states can a senator curt senator lieberman and i and other folks are making a top priority to make sure iran does not get nuclear weapons. we cannot have a nuanced approach is professor warren has said in the past and that's another big difference. >> response, please. >> israel has an unbroken friendship with israel. we have a special relationship with israel. israel's safety and survival in the united states is of utmost importance to us. it is important because we need an ally in that region that is democratic and rule of law. will recognize the risk israel faces. it's been a bipartisan approach. it is work through democratic and republican administration, not something that should be politiciz
i appreciate all your hardware, especially with what's happening in libya and throughout the region. that being said, israel is our greatest ally and one of our strongest in the world. i'd encourage the president to meet with the prime minister to make sure they can communicate because i can tell you i visited israel. the amount of stress that country is under, there's nobody in the united states can a senator curt senator lieberman and i and other folks are making a top priority to make sure...
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libya and syria are apples and oranges that they are quite different. libya was isolated regionally and internationally in a way that syria is not. it has the support of her rant, support russia as well as other countries that complicate the regional level and international level. finally, there've been calls to record the safe havens. i'm not a military expert, but everyone i console say that requires a no-fly zone. syria has mr. advanced and sophisticated system provided by the russians that libya did not have. there'll be much more difficult and dangerous for an assertive u.s. coalition coalition to go when in terms of military intervention to create safe havens, establish no-fly zones. even in libya it was nec and syria again is just a much more difficult situation militarily. >> host: the title of your book, "syria: the fall of the house of assad," why that title? >> guest: when i came up with the title i was aware by the time the book came out that bashar al-assad most likely would still be in power. but for me, i chose that title for two reasons.
libya and syria are apples and oranges that they are quite different. libya was isolated regionally and internationally in a way that syria is not. it has the support of her rant, support russia as well as other countries that complicate the regional level and international level. finally, there've been calls to record the safe havens. i'm not a military expert, but everyone i console say that requires a no-fly zone. syria has mr. advanced and sophisticated system provided by the russians that...
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[inaudible] >> from the beginning the president said we would get to the bottom of what happened in libya and pursue the assassins and bring them to justice. it is a murky situation. it is important to get the fax before you decide to jump to conclusions. that the republican presidential candidate tried to exploit. >> the important saying is to get the facts. the president has been abundantly clear we will track down the killers to bring them to justice. >> [inaudible] >> the house passed a a bill is just an excuse for the american people when the taxes go up for these different programs for the national defence and medicare providers. to say i am not responsible this not satisfy anybody it does not solve the problem. the democrats can stop the republicans. 1/2 to work together recant of less we're here working. why do we have to wait to until the election to do the people's work? to many years suffering asking when will congress act like congress to pass legislation to resolve the issues that need to be resolved? >> the republicans claim to be in favor of middle-class tax relief the pres
[inaudible] >> from the beginning the president said we would get to the bottom of what happened in libya and pursue the assassins and bring them to justice. it is a murky situation. it is important to get the fax before you decide to jump to conclusions. that the republican presidential candidate tried to exploit. >> the important saying is to get the facts. the president has been abundantly clear we will track down the killers to bring them to justice. >> [inaudible]...
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today's hearing is our first since the attack in libya that claimed the lives of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. the events in benghazi and ongoing threats to our embassies remind us that with dangers and difficulties of performing diplomatic missions, it is almost impossible to be an effective american diplomat without exposing oneself to risk . in some countries risks can be intense, yet exceptional americans like ambassador stevens continue to volunteer for these assignments. we are grateful that you continue to volunteer, sir. his life and work resonate especially with our committee, not merely because he was a talented diplomat, but because he was one of us. on many occasions during his time in 2006 and it as a seven he sat directly behind where i am sitting now. hearings on lebanon, iraq, and other millie's topics. exactly six years ago today he helped staffing hearing. after departing the kennedy he stayed in close touch with friends here, as he did at every stage in his career. we will miss our friend dearly. our thoughts gun to his family. although the debt tha
today's hearing is our first since the attack in libya that claimed the lives of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. the events in benghazi and ongoing threats to our embassies remind us that with dangers and difficulties of performing diplomatic missions, it is almost impossible to be an effective american diplomat without exposing oneself to risk . in some countries risks can be intense, yet exceptional americans like ambassador stevens continue to volunteer for these...